This is one huge ego contest. (Score 2, Interesting)

I'm a resident of Monticello, and I'm shaking my head at what is going on. The city has spent over $1 million to research etc. whether the city will be better off with fiber. Meanwhile TDS has gone ahead and is laying fiber throughout the town.

The question is. Would TDS have done this if the city hadn't pushed their buttons? The town's population is only 11,000. Yes, just eleven thousand!

As an aside, the company TDS hired to drill/lay the fiber has proved their ineptness, cutting numerous telephone cables (whole areas of the city cut off, and at least once penetrated a main gas feed.